Beautiful Disaster

Ch. 51

"What if it's Kayla?" Dina says taking a bite out of her burrito bowl. "I mean all this seems really on par with her mission of trying to make your life a living hell." I gave her a look of confusion.

"Are you telling me that you think Kayla is the one stalking and teaming up with Serena? We made up and besides what would be her reasoning? How would she win if Alec and I break up?" I say playing with my teriyaki.

She shrugs. "I don't know but think about it. If you don't have Alec then Serena gets him and you don't get a happy ending anymore. And that just sounds like payback for Kayla losing Carter."

"Okay fine but again, how would she win? Wouldn't she be afraid that I'd just end up back with Carter? Your guess isn't making any sense."

"Again, I don't know but if I were you- I'd ask her first." She says taking another bite. "I mean come on, this Judith girl? He said they haven't spoken since their senior year which was what? Two years ago? Why would she be helping her if they fell out because she's a psycho delusional bitch? I mean if you look at it, the one thing Kayla and her have in common is you taking their 'man'." She says using air quotes.

I sigh. "D, I don't think it's her. I mean how would she even know her? And after that bloody nose I gave her I'm sure that was enough to leave me alone."

She raises her hands up in a surrendering way. "Okay fine but I'm telling you, something about this seems off." She says shaking her head as if she was in deep thought. "Like how did she even know where you lived? That day that she came to bring you the file? Your house looks like every other house on the street and you have to make turns. How did she just manage to get the exact address? Are you telling me Judith, a girl you have never met before, did that?"

"She said she asked people around at school.." I say furrowing my eyebrows.

"Yeah okay." Dina scoffed. "People in this town are a lot of things but no one is just giving out exact addresses just because a person asked. I mean she doesn't even live here and no one knows who she is. Why would anyone just give out your address to a random girl?" If it was even possible, I squeezed my eyebrows together even more.

I hated to admit it but, she had a point.

Everyone in this town knew where I lived because of how small the town was. Adding my father's cheating scandal and Caleb dying our neighbors definitely became more vigilant of my home so when Serena said she had asked around, I didn't second guess it but maybe I should've.

Of course, people in this town were shitty but they never just gave out addresses to random people. I mean if you knew the person then you wouldn't need to ask around for an address because you'd already have it and if you didn't then you weren't meant to have it.

So this begs the question, who did she really ask 'around' to? And why did they tell her?

As I started to think about it more and more I was actually considering that Dina's wild theory might be actually be correct. Kayla did say that she hated the fact I always got my way. How I was loved even without even trying.

Maybe that day in her room didn't actually mend anything at all.

As I tried to find answers it only led to more questions. Questions that created a puzzle I just could not fit her in. It wasn't like she moved here from the city where Serena lived and could've potentially made friends with her because then that would mean she knew Carter previously too and she didn't.

Although, Carter did say Serena disappeared after the baby died. Could they have crossed paths wherever she was?

Sighing, I decided that I was no longer hungry. I wasn't going to try to answer questions when I didn't even know what was going on or if she was even involved. Looking across the table at my best friend I say, "Let's go pay a visit to our old bestie."

"Yeah, I was hoping you'd say that."

We grabbed our food and walked out of the mall. We placed our bags in the backseat and started to drive towards her house.

A few minutes into the ride I hear Dina say, "Look I don't know if she's in on this and after everything, I won't be surprised but- and I can't believe I'm going to say this- I'm really hoping she doesn't know what's going on."

"Yeah me too."

"Of course I strongly dislike her and after watching her do what she did to you- I know she has no loyalty to us. Like what kind of person becomes your friend and sleeps with your boyfriend then decides to get mad at you after the whole ordeal. She's crazy and I'd like to kick her ass myself but teaming up with the crazy ex and trying to destroy your life? That's just a new level." I notice her shake her head as I make a turn.

She looked upset but also sad? I was confused. I could read Dina just as well as she could read me and after trying to decipher the sadness on her face I finally realized why.

"You know this isn't your fault right."

She gives me a look and says, "I introduced her to you, Sky so of course it is." I go to deny it again before she cuts me off. "I felt bad for her, you know. She was sitting all alone in the back of the class and everybody just kept whispering about her. They just kept whispering about every little detail. How she looked, how late she came to the school, where she came from-they wouldn't stop and I felt so bad so I decided to help and give her a friend." She turns her head to me. "And instead of being grateful and glad that she has people to lean on and cry to and be loved by she decides to screw your boyfriend and show it off as if it's some medal of fucking honor and it is literally all my fault." She lays her head back on the headrest and closes her eyes.

I pulled into Kayla's block and pulled over to the side. I grabbed Dina's hand which made her open her eyes and look at me. "It is not your fault." I say slowly so she can understand that I do not blame her for trying to be nice to a new student. "She had a choice and the choice she made was to have sex with Carter- multiple times might I add and wear it as you so kindly put it, as medal of fucking honor. You did not make her do it. You did not make her get on the table that night and watch my face drop as they played a video of her and carter. You did not make her look me in my face and tell me that she was in love with him and that I should be happy for them. Do not blame yourself for her shitty actions especially when it came from you just trying to be nice."

Dina sighs and gives me a slight shake of the head while she unfastens her seatbelt. "Next time, no new friends." She gets out the car and I let out a slight chuckle exiting the car.

I lock the doors and look up at kayla's house nervously. Dina walks around the car and stands beside me, looking up at the house as well. "Okay how are we playing this? Good cop bad cop? Bad cop bad cop? I'm ready for anything."

I look at her and smile. "How about we just ask her? Like normal people."

She looks at me with a pout. "Well that's no fun, is it?" Her eyes shift to the side and I follow her gaze. I notice the black SUV sitting in the driveway signaling that kayla's mother was home. "Well this will probably be awkward. Come on." She hooks her arms in mine dragging me to the door.

She gives the door three knocks and rings the bell. We hear a faint "Coming!" from inside the house. I tighten my arm tangled in Dina's slightly. I didn't know what to think or what to expect. The idea of kayla ruining my life when I did absolutely nothing to her was mind boggling. Even more then her hating me when she was the one who slept with my boyfriend. If I found out she was apart of this, a bloody nose would be the least of her worries.

I barely had time to register anything when the door swung open revealing kayla and when the door was open wider- Serena who was standing behind her.

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HELLOOO omg i know it's been so long since i've wrote in this book but so much has happened. I'm in college, i was busy publishing my first poetry book (available in Barnes & Nobles and Amazon link -> https://a.co/d/46Pvni8) and just life.

To whoever is still reading and is still enjoying my story i can't promise you that i'll update regularly but i'm going to try. this book was the first book i ever wrote for the world to see my writing and it's special to me and i would like to finish it. so this summer i'll try my best to continue writing here and i know this wasn't very long but i hope you still enjoy it. Until next time xx